Temple · Puri
Jagannath Temple
Puri's 12th-century Kalinga-style temple to Jagannath, one of the four Char Dham pilgrimage sites. Only Hindus are admitted inside.
Fee information needs verification 1–3 hours
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Places to visit inPuri
Odisha, India
Puri is a coastal pilgrimage city in Odisha, home to the 12th-century Jagannath Temple, a long Bay of Bengal beach and the annual Ratha Yatra chariot festival.
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Places to visit in Puri
10 places, with entry fees and opening hours checked against their sources.
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Temple · Puri
Konark Sun Temple
A 13th-century temple built as a stone chariot of the sun god Surya, with 24 carved wheels and seven horses. A UNESCO World Heritage Site about 35 km from Puri.
Entry fee needs verification 2–3 hours
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Lake · Puri
Chilika Lake
Asia's largest brackish-water lagoon, a Ramsar site known for winter migratory birds, Irrawaddy dolphins and boat trips from Satapada, Barkul and Rambha.
Fee varies Half day to full day
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Cultural Site · Puri
Raghurajpur Heritage Crafts Village
A village about 14 km from Puri where families paint pattachitra scrolls and carve palm-leaf manuscripts in their homes. Odisha Tourism calls it the state's heritage village.
Fee information needs verification 1–2 hours
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Beach · Puri
Puri Beach
The wide Golden Beach on the Bay of Bengal in Puri town, known for sand art, a Blue Flag certification and the annual Puri Beach Festival.
Free entry 1–3 hours
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Temple · Puri
Gundicha Temple
The temple 3 km from Jagannath Temple where the deities stay for seven days during Ratha Yatra. It is empty for most of the year.
Free entry 45 minutes
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Temple · Puri
Sakshigopal Temple
A Krishna (Gopinath) temple at Sakhigopal on the Bhubaneswar–Puri road, known for a legend of the deity appearing as a witness.
Fee information needs verification 45 minutes
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Beach · Puri
Chandrabhaga Beach
A beach about 3 km east of the Konark Sun Temple, one of the first in India to receive Blue Flag certification, with an offshore coral reef.
Free entry 1–2 hours
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Market · Puri
Pipili Appliqué Market
A craft town on the Bhubaneswar–Puri road known for colourful appliqué work (chandua) sold in roadside shops.
Free entry 1 hour
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Monument · Puri
Atharanala Bridge
A laterite-stone bridge with 18 arches at the entrance to Puri, an ASI-protected Monument of National Importance.
Free entry 20–30 minutes
View place About Puri
The best places to visit in Puri combine a pilgrimage city, a Blue Flag beach and day trips to Konark, Chilika and Raghurajpur. This guide to Puri attractions notes entry rules, fees and timings where official sources state them.
Puri sits on the Bay of Bengal in Odisha, about 60 km south of Bhubaneswar, and is one of the four Char Dham pilgrimage sites of Hinduism. The 12th-century Jagannath Temple dominates the town, and the Ratha Yatra in June or July draws more than a million devotees. Only Hindus are admitted into the temple, according to the temple administration, so visitors of other faiths can see it from the street and spend their time elsewhere in the city.
Puri Beach, also called Golden Beach, holds Blue Flag certification and hosts sand-art displays and the Puri Beach Festival. The Gundicha Temple, about 3 km away, is the destination of the Ratha Yatra, and the laterite Atharanala Bridge marks the town's entrance on the Bhubaneswar road.
Day trips reach well beyond town: Konark Sun Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is about 35 km north-east with Chandrabhaga Beach nearby; the craft village of Raghurajpur is about 14 km south; Pipili is known for appliqué; Sakshigopal lies on the highway towards Bhubaneswar; and Chilika Lake, a Ramsar-listed lagoon, is reached from Satapada, about 50 km away. The climate is tropical and humid, with the cooler months from November to February most comfortable.
Puri has a railway station and a road link with Bhubaneswar, whose airport is the nearest.
Plan your Puri visit
- Best time to visit
- November to February is cooler (Wikipedia); the temple administration lists October–March, with June–July for Ratha Yatra, which is extremely crowded.
- Suggested stay
- 2–3 days
- Location
- Odisha, India View on Google Maps
- Entry fees
- 5 of 10 places listed here are free to enter. Fees for the rest are on each place’s page, with their source.
- Types of place
- Temples · 4Beaches · 2Lakes · 1Cultural Sites · 1Markets · 1Monuments · 1
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